Its Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

woo hoo 19 days to go!

Pretend it's November 19, 2007

I seriously wanted to post a clip of Archie and I singing "Endless Love" (which we have casually been practicing for the last year) as a Tribute to Madre y Padre's big 25th. However, it didn't quite happen. Lamentable for all, I know. However, I have also been meaning to put together a list of a grand events, over the last 25 years. As you can see there are some major gaps, so help me fill in the blanks and make corrections. Post a comment and I'll add it to the timeline.
1982: Billy marries Suzy
1983:
1984: Chelice, enter world
1985: Move from Mesa to Clinton
1986: Danny, welcome to the family
1987: Amber, so special
1988: Move to Summerland
1989:
1990: Move back to MS; Derek, early-bird
1991:
1992: Bryce, last but not least
1993: Mom & Dad married 10 years; 7 kids; and a partridge in a pear tree
1994:
1995: No more kids in diapers. Way to go.
1996: Count-down to empty nest begins (Pepper goes to BYU)
1997: Move to Broken Arrow, OK
1998: Jaron gets his mission call to Maracaibo, Venezuela
1999:
2000:
2001:
2002:
2003:
2004: Jaron & Jess get hitched
2005: Danny leaves for Mexico
2006: Archie & Pepper get married; Olivia is born
2007:

HAPPY ANIVERSARY!

No joke I came across this in the sand on Nov 19th. And no, neither Archie nor I wrote it.

Squid

I dont know how these videos has not yet made it upon our blog. The flailing arms and legs get me everytime.

Everyone's Favorite Squashie

Happy Thanksgiving. Cheers.

French Silk Pie

Oreo Crust
1 6 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup egg product
Whip cream for topping

Melt and cool chocolate chips. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. Gradually add eggs while beating on high until light and fluffy. Pour into the crust. Cover and chill for 5 hours. Garnish with whip cream. Enjoy

Christmas without sprinkles is like raisins without wrinkles...

Did anyone else know that this cherished book is selling for $250-$500 online?? That's nuts!

Anyway, Christmas is sneaking up on us, just like that crazy sprinkle snitcher Jaron so wonderfully portrayed in our family Christmas plays so long ago, and I've been thinking about what we, the Brown siblings, could give to one another this year.

What if we were to do something a little different this year and use the money we would spend on one another to provide Christmas for an individual or family in need?

If everyone is up for this, there are a few options I've come up with that we could pursue to make this idea happen...

1) Find someone or some family within one of our communities (through wards, work, etc) that we could "adopt"/provide Christmas for.

2) Go through an organization such as Toys for Tots to give us a family to adopt, Or

3) Donate the money to an organization that will allocate the money for us.

I'm thinking that no dollar amount should be set to make this Christmas gift idea happen. I figure everyone could pitch in whatever they feel comfortable with.

With all of us being kinda spread out, we could use PayPal to easily combine our dinero. But before going any further, could everybody give me feedback so we can decide on what we should do or if we even want to do this altogether?